<a href="/issue38/editorial">Editorial Introduction to Issue 38: The Quality of Metadata Is Not Strained</a>Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 38.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/editorial">editorial</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/117/author-info">richard waller</a><a href="/issue38/ahds">The AHDS Is Evolving: Changes at the Arts and Humanities Data Service</a>Alastair Dunning describes the changes afoot at the AHDS and how it intends to adapt to the changes in both technology and the needs of its stakeholders.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/743/author-info">alastair dunning</a><a href="/issue38/5-99">The JISC 5/99 Programme: What's in a Number?</a>Rachel Bruce and Balviar Notay give an overview of the outputs and influences of the JISC 5/99 Learning and Teaching and Infrastructure Programme.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/745/author-info">balviar notay</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/744/author-info">rachel bruce</a><a href="/issue38/guy">Improving the Quality of Metadata in Eprint Archives</a>Marieke Guy, Andy Powell and Michael Day address the argument that the quality of service to end-users is markedly influenced by the quality of metadata being produced and provide suggestions.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/354/author-info">andy powell</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/732/author-info">marieke guy</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/407/author-info">michael day</a><a href="/issue38/summers">Building OAI-PMH Harvesters With Net::OAI::Harvester</a>Ed Summers describes Net::OAI::Harvester, the Perl package for easily interacting with OAI-PMH repositories as a metadata harvester. Ed provides examples of how to use Net::OAI::Harvester to write short programs which execute each of the 6 OAI-PMH verbs.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/746/author-info">ed summers</a><a href="/issue38/portole">The Portole Project: Supporting E-learning</a>Tracey Stanley, Mina Sotiriou and Matthew Dovey provide an overview of a project to produce tools to discover information resources and deploy them within a university VLE.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a><a href="/category/authors/matthew-dovey-0">matthew dovey</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/747/author-info">mina sotiriou</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/211/author-info">tracey stanley</a><a href="/issue38/woldering">The European Library: Integrated Access to the National Libraries of Europe</a>Britta Woldering describes the findings of the recently completed EU Project The European Library, focusing on technical solutions and metadata development.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/748/author-info">britta woldering</a><a href="/issue38/jones">DSpace Vs. ETD-db: Choosing Software to Manage Electronic Theses and Dissertations</a>Richard Jones examines the similarities and differences between DSpace and ETD-db to determine their applicability in a modern E-theses service.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/749/author-info">richard jones</a><a href="/issue38/williams">What the Resource Discovery Network Is Doing for Further Education</a>Mark Williams highlights some of the services that the RDN provides for the benefit of FE users.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/750/author-info">mark williams</a><a href="/issue38/altis">How Altis Can Help the Further Education Sector</a>Steven Hewitt gives advice on finding quality Internet resources in hospitality, leisure, sport and tourism<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/14690/author-info">steven hewitt</a><a href="/issue38/artifact">What's in Artifact for Further Education?</a>Jayne Everard writes about the areas covered by the new subject service Artifact and takes us through the facilities on offer to FE practitioners.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/14704/author-info">jayne everard</a><a href="/issue38/biome">Further Education and BIOME</a>Donald Mackay gives an overview of BIOME, the hub for the health and life sciences in the context of its services for Further Education.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/726/author-info">donald mackay</a><a href="/issue38/eevl">What's in EEVL for Further Education</a>Roddy MacLeod gives
an overview of the services and plans EEVL has for students and practitioners
in the Further Education sector.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/311/author-info">roddy macleod</a><a href="/issue38/gesource">What's in GEsource for Further Education?</a>John Blunden-Ellis provides a view of the material available to FE from GEsource, the RDN subject service for geography and environment.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/14709/author-info">john blunden-ellis</a><a href="/issue38/humbul">What's in Humbul for Further Education?</a>Randy Metcalfe provides an overview of the materials and services of use to humanities practitioners in the FE sector.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/660/author-info">randy metcalfe</a><a href="/issue38/psigate">What's in PSIgate for Further Education?</a>John Blunden-Ellis describes the materials and services available from the RDN subject service PSIgate in respect of students and practitioners in FE.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/14709/author-info">john blunden-ellis</a><a href="/issue38/sosig">What's in SOSIG for Further Education?</a>Emma Place gives an insight into the pitfalls that await new users of the Internet in their search for relevant and quality materials and explains how SOSIG has catered for the needs of both FE students and practitioners.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/604/author-info">emma place</a><a href="/issue38/public-libraries">Public Libraries: 2003, 2004: A Backward Glance and Thoughts on the Future</a>Penny Garrod looks at some of the broader issues affecting public libraries and information professionals.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/666/author-info">penny garrod</a><a href="/issue38/search-engines">Search Engines: The Year 2003 in Perspective</a>Phil Bradley takes us through the major trends and highlights in the world of search engines over the course of the past year.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/534/author-info">phil bradley</a><a href="/issue38/alexander">WebWatch: How Accessible Are Australian University Web Sites?</a>Dey Alexander reports on a recent study of the accessibility of Australian university Web sites.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/741/author-info">dey alexander</a><a href="/issue38/phipps">Developing and Publicising a Workable Accessibility Strategy</a>Lawrie Phipps, Sue Harrison, David Sloan and Betty Willder look at the increasing need for developers of institutional and educational Web sites to develop and follow a strategy for ensuring optimal accessibility of online content.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/tooled">tooled up</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/754/author-info">betty willder</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/753/author-info">david sloan</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/751/author-info">lawrie phipps</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/752/author-info">sue harrison</a><a href="/issue38/web-focus">Web Focus: Improving the Quality of Your HTML</a>Brian Kelly outlines a strategy for fixing the most important HTML resources on a Web site.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/tooled">tooled up</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/203/author-info">brian kelly</a><a href="/issue38/apps-rpt">The OpenURL and OpenURL Framework: Demystifying Link Resolution</a>Ann Apps reports on a conference about current and future uses of the proposed OpenURL Framework Standard Z39.88-2004.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/tooled">tooled up</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/631/author-info">ann apps</a><a href="/issue38/espoo-rpt">Towards a User-Centred Approach to Digital Libraries</a>Ken Eason reports on the five themes in the Digilib Conference, Espoo, Finland.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/755/author-info">ken eason</a><a href="/issue38/ltg-tigers">Herding Tigers, Part II</a>Sophie Clarke describes an event designed to share ideas on accessibility, evaluation and the use of learning technology standards.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/756/author-info">sophie clarke</a><a href="/issue38/oss-watch-rpt">OSS Inaugural Conference: Open Source Deployment and Development</a>Sebastian Rahtz and Randy Metcalfe give an overview of the first conference of the Open Source Advisory Service.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/660/author-info">randy metcalfe</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/757/author-info">sebastian rahtz</a><a href="/issue38/talis-rpt">Reaching Out to Your Community: Policies and Practice for Public Library Service</a>Fiona Leslie gives an overview of this seminar which covered a variety of topics of interest to public library professionals.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/758/author-info">fiona leslie</a><a href="/issue38/newsline">News and Events</a>Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/news-and-events">news and events</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/117/author-info">richard waller</a><a href="/issue38/coelho-rvw">Book Review: Super Searchers Make It on Their Own</a>Lina Coelho looks at the work and lives of independent information professionals prepared to share their secrets for starting and running a research business.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/716/author-info">lina coelho</a><a href="/issue38/harris-rvw">Book Review: Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, Volume 37, 2003</a>Colin Harris declares himself a veteran reader of the ARIST, assesses the kinds of reviewing it performs and balances the strengths and weaknesses of this long-standing publication.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/759/author-info">colin harris</a><a href="/issue38/royan-rvw">Book Review: Centred on Learning</a>Bruce Royan takes a structured look at this series of case studies and analyses their view of the Learning Resource Centre phenomenon.<a href="/issue38">issue38</a>January 2004<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/341/author-info">bruce royan</a>